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Word of the Day Archives: July 2008

Word List with 29 words
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discomfit
verb
disconcert
slaver
verb
slobber
collegial
adjective
characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
sui generis
adjective
unique
perorate
verb
conclude or sum up a long discourse
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irenic
adjective
promoting peace
yen
noun
strong desire or inclination
denouement
noun
final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
aegis
noun
shield
efficacious
adjective
producing, or capable of producing, a desired effect
wag
noun
humorous person
rotund
adjective
round
paterfamilias
noun
male head of a household
commensurate
adjective
equal in measure or extent
parse
verb
analyze
dotage
noun
feebleness of mind due to old age
alfresco
adjective
outdoors
pervicacious
adjective
stubborn
hoi polloi
noun
common people
donnybrook
noun
brawl or dispute
obstreperous
adjective
noisily and stubbornly defiant
rivulet
noun
small stream or brook
abattoir
noun
slaughterhouse
peripatetic
adjective
walking about or traveling from place to place
stripling
noun
adolescent youth
propitiate
verb
appease
egress
noun
act of going out or leaving
bibelot
noun
trinket
lambaste
verb
scold sharply

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